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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

XLbang Happy Hours on Friday - Feb-1- Century Club

Dear Xler,

Kindly confirm your participation either on the XLBang events on facebook or by
sending the sms per the details here below:

XLers are blessed with
intellect, drive, ambition, connections and exposure; yet very few of us
ever use these gifts to create our own enterprises. What stops XLers
from making this leap into uncharted
waters; where success leads to financial independence, a deep sense of
fulfillment, employment generation, and a significant contribution to
our country economic progress?

Is it because the outcomes
of those who have made the leap are mixed? Is it the lack of inspiration
despite the presence of XLers that have started extremely successful
companies like Mindtree (N
Krishnakumar, BM-81) and Ma Foi (K Pandiarajan, KPR, PM-84). Do our
MBAs wire us only to serve large organized behemoths? How do we breakout
and follow our dreams?

The XLBang
Happy Hours on Feb 1 is a special session on Entrepreneurship to try and
find out some of the answers to these questions. I will be hosting a
discussion with some of our very own alumni
who have made it, making it, and helping make it. The panel includes

Amit
Bansal (BM-97) who started PurpleLeap with two other XLers (Vinay
Nijhawan and Hemanth Somani). He first started with children’s education
programs before changing track to finishing schools for college grads.
His firm was later acquired by Educomp.

Richik
Nandi (BM-06) who follows what now seems to be the favoured route of
marketing and product management with a leading software company before
partnering with a friend to start Poshvine.com, an internet start-up aimed at cashing in on the growing market of food
experiences.

Bharati
Jacob (PM-83) has the envied job of meeting new start-ups every day and
evaluating business ideas for investment worthiness. She has invested
in some well-known ventures like Vaatsalya, Printo and RedBus; and has
an inside track on what drives entrepreneurs
and entrepreneurship.

Are
you sitting on the fence with a great idea? Is the economy and business
climate right for starting out? Join us to hear from those who have
dared to make their dreams come true.